We can often think, we have often been taught, that we need to sort out our lives, get rid of our sin, become whole, before we come to Jesus, before we worship, before we pray, before we come to church. That if we are dirty we are not worthy to get anywhere near our Lord.
This is all wrong.
We do not get clean to come to Jesus, we come to Jesus to get clean.
We come sinners we leave Saints.
We are made into righteous Princes and Princesses.
We are given our inheritance, of a prince, the kingdom, for free.
We can sit with him, rest with him, praise him.
We can be in a relationship with him.
And what rite do we have? None, except for in him, we are made co-heirs of the kingdom.
(I can't remember where I heard this, think it was maybe Soul Survivor, so big Mike, or could have been Bill Johnson, or could have been Phil Porter, or anyone...! Not sure.
I am robbing it though and passing it off as my own.)
